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• John Wilford Allen

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Names recorded

• John Wilford Allen
• John Wilfred Allen

Service number

• Service number 3005

Rank

• Held rank of Private

Birth records

• Born in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• 13 November 1894 in Leichhardt, NSW, Australia

Death record

• 29 August 1971 in Lidcombe, NSW, Australia

Life events

• Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW, Australia
• Embarked from Sydney on the HMAT Suevic

Address

• Aura, 28 Lang Street, Mosman, NSW, Australia

Relationships

• Father - Allen, J R
• Brother - Richard Stanley Allen †
• Father - John Richard Allen
• Mother - Agnes Jane Mcnab

Organisation

• 3rd Battalion, AIF

Main sources

• Allen John Wilford : SERN 3005 : POB Sydney NSW : POE Holsworthy NSW : NOK F Allen J R (item)
• Discovering Anzacs - John Wilford Allen (webpage)
• First World War Embarkation Roll - John Wilfred Allen (webpage)
• Allen John Wilford : SERN 3005 : POB Sydney NSW : POE Holsworthy NSW : NOK F Allen J R (webpage)
• RETURNING SOLDIERS. BY THE CITY OF POONA. (newspaper article)

Commemorations

• ALLEN J. W. on the South Face of the Mosman War Memorial
• Allen, J.W. on the Scots Kirk Presbyterian Church Mosman Roll of Honour